Water-elevator.



J. L. 0. KING.

WATER ELEVATOR.

APPLICATION FILED FEB. 20, 1909.

930,295. Patented Aug. 3,1909.

" a detail view of the attachment mechanism JAMES L. 0. KING, OF SENECA, SOUTH CAROLINA. WATER-ELEVATOR.

No. 930,295. Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed February 20, 1909.

Patented Aug. 3, 1909. Serial No. 479,225.

To all whom it may concern: Be it known that I, JAMES L. 0. KING, a l citizen of the United States, residing at a South Carolina,

certain new are adapted to mesh with the teeth of a gear and useful Improvements in VVater-Elevawhee-l L which is fixed to the crank shaft. tors; and I do hereby declare the following Said segment member has alaterallyprojectto be a full, clear, and eXact description of l the same may be the invention, such as will enable others rocked upon its pivot and thrown into en skilled in the art to which 'it appertains to gagementwith said wheel for the purpose of make and use the same, reference being had holding the shaft from rotation in one directo the accompanying drawings, and to the tion or the other. letters of reference marked thereon, which The operation of the apparatus is as fol form a part of this specification. I lows :As the shaft is rotated either by hand his lnvention relates to certain new I or foot power or, if desired, by any form of useful improvements in water elevators lever mechanism, one bucket or the other the object in view is to produce a simple and may be drawn from the well into the curb efficient apparatus of this nature which is and, as the edge of the bucket comes in conclearly illustrated. in the accompanying tact with one or the other of said horizontally disposed bars, the contents of the drawings, in which bucket will be emptied into the trough. In

and and Figure 1 is a perspective view of the well I V curb, showing parts of the invention in elevar the event of it'being desired to hold the tion. Fig. 2 is a sectional view showing the bucket at any suitable location, it may be hooks adapted to tilt the bucket, and Fig. 3 is I done by swinging the segment member so as l to engage the gear Wheel upon the crank shaft. A reverse movement of the shaft will lower one bucket and raise another and the operation may be repeated.

W hat I claim to be new is A water elevating apparatus comprising a well curb, a trough mounted therein, a fixed horizontally disposed bar projecting horizontally over the edge of said trough and slightly above the same,

for holding the Windlass from rotation.

Reference now being had to the details of the drawings by letter, A designates a well curb having a trough B therein with a spout l B passing through an aperture in the curb. Said well curb is provided with perforations O for suitable ventilation, and D-D designate horizontally disposed bars which are preferably integral with the trough which is made of metal and which extend over the 1 trough and in a downward direction and l spaced apart. Mounted upon the top of the curb upon which a grooved in suitable bearings 1s a crank shaft D pulley D is fixed.

' segment member S&1Cl bracket and h gage the teeth of upon to enaving teeth adapted said pinion, a pin adapted I Said shaft is provided with a crank handle F I to pass through an aperture in the segment whereby the shaft may be rotated by hand I and engage and hold the segment in a locked and also by means of a short crank K to position, a rope winding about said Windlass,

I is connected and alfording means whereby the shaft may be operated either by foot or hand power and, if desired to reduce the friction, suitable ball bearings may be employed in the bearings of the apparatus. A cable or chain 0 passes about said grooved pulley and extends through apertures O in the top of the curb i and a bucket fastened to the rope.

In testimony whereof I hereunto affix my slgnature 1n the presence of two witnesses.

JAMES L. 0. KING.

Witnesses:

J. O. CAMPBELL, J. T. LAURENCE. 

